Sales
of Rivers' Book Skyrocket Sales of Joan Rivers' most recent book, 'Diary of a Mad Diva,' saw a 570% increase in sales in the week following her death on September 4. more »
Pubs Have 'Rolled Over,' Says Carey: Novelist Peter Carey has said that publishers historically “have just rolled over for Amazon," and need to take some responsibility for the online retailer’s current dominance.
Queens Library
Chief Placed on Leave: Thomas Galante has been put on indefinite
leave from the library, pending the results of a full financial audit by New
York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and the outcome of a probe of the
library’s construction projects by the FBI and the city’s Department of
Investigation.
Why Indies Are
On the Rise Again : Borders and B&N tried to compete with
Amazon, and failed. Independent stores can’t even try—nor do they have to.
Crowdfunding for
Blake's Cottage: A campaign to crowdfund the £520,000 needed to
buy the cottage on the Sussex coast where William Blake hymned "England’s
green and pleasant land" is due to launch next week
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Amazon Expanding
in Seattle : The online-retail giant submitted two different
proposals to build two additional towers, in different configurations, across
from the three blocks already designated for 37- or 38-story buildings at its
future high-rise campus in Denny Triangle.
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